People, Planet, Profit!
November 10, 2009
Recently launched, with the idea of promoting local food, is a website where people can search for food within a certain vicinity. The interest in local food really seems to be growing – whether for health, community support, or environmental […]
November 5, 2009
Australian Food News reports that S A shoppers have been quick to remember to bring their own shopping bags to ‘help the environment’. Six months into a total ban on plastic bags the government estimates 200 million checkout bags have […]
November 3, 2009
Victoria’s Maroondah Council is responding to its community’s interest in Transition Towns – as have several other councils – with an Info Night Tuesday 10 November. What Are Tranbsition Towns? Maroondah describes this as: “a community based movement that seeks […]
November 3, 2009
Wes Shields of Southern Cross Solar is another small businessman offering his expert services to the green-minded households. Operating out of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs (McKinnon) Wes specialises in the design and installation of grid connect and stand alone photovoltaic power […]
November 3, 2009
The independent publication Australian Food News reports that the Federal Government’s new Food and Health Dialogue will provide a ‘framework for government, health groups and industry to work collaboratively across the food supply chain to improve dietary intakes’. This Dialogue […]
October 24, 2009
Infoxchange Australia’s email Community Infocast is reporting that its now officially launched Digital Inclusion Initiative (DII) has benefits calculated to be worth $12 million over the projects’ first five years. Some Detail Infoxchange Australia is actively involved in grassroots activities […]
September 23, 2009
A Victorian building business, interested in ‘going green’, has contacted us through Green Map Community hopeful that we might be able to give some leads. Other Interested Builders/Trades? Based in Reservoir in Melbourne’s north this business would like to team […]
September 9, 2009
There’ll be a one day – 6 October – Food Farming and Health Conference, an investigation into future farms and food chains at the Warragul Arts Centre, run by AgriBusiness Gippsland, in Victoria’s east, for an outlay of only $30 […]
September 7, 2009
Peter Smith OAM grew up on the Murray and is heavily involved in multiple water resource groups. Murray Darling Association Lower Murray Working Group (Lock 1 to the sea) MDA SA Reference Committee Rural City of Murray Bridge Water Resources […]
September 4, 2009
Windows of the World is an amazing sounding event that will run in Melbourne’s Fed Square 12,13 and 19 September. It will “provide a window through which we can see other cultures and they can see us. Understanding and appreciating […]
September 4, 2009
When her baby daughter was suffering asthma and eczema Sandra Davies discovered Dominant eco-cleaning products at the Whittlesea Show – on Melbourne’s outer fringe. She was told to take a free sample of laundry powder and try it. That was […]
August 26, 2009
A reader has alerted us to Choice Magazine’s passionate response from CEO Nick Stace to the decision of Craig Emerson, the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affair’s to pull the grocery price comparison site – GroceryChoice – five days […]